The City of Rossland released its “Annual Report 2015” on June 16 and on Thursday at 3 p.m. city council will hold a special council meeting at City Hall to consider submissions and questions on the report from the public. To help Rosslanders prepare for the meeting, we’ve prepared a quick overview of some of the numbers found in the report.
City finances
Total financial assets in 2015: $10,468,259, up $1,339,718 from 2014
Total financial liabilities in 2015: $9,505,914, down $274,136 from 2014
Net financial assets in 2015: $962,345, up $1,613,854
Revenue in 2015: $7,552,829, down $538,026
Expenditures in 2015: $6,900,672, up $231,219
Annual surplus in 2015: $652,157, down $769,245
Accumulated surplus in 2015: $42,137,551, up $652,157
Building permits
Number of permits in 2015: 119
Value of permit fees in 2015: $83,359.20
Value of construction in 2015: $7,980,100
Decrease in value of construction from 2014: 29 per cent
Tax exemptions
Number of properties that received permissive property tax exemptions in 2015: 8
Number of properties that received revitalization tax exemptions: 3
Total municipal tax exempted: $27,399
Water Consumption
January: 49.22 ML, down 3 per cent from 2014
February: 43.97 ML, down 9 per cent
March: 49.70 ML, down 3 per cent
April: 51.01 ML, up 9 per cent
May: 65.60 ML, up 26 per cent
June: 87.43 ML, up 30 per cent
July: 92.45 ML, down 0.1 per cent
August:81.34 ML, down 15 per cent
September: 44.33 ML, down 40 per cent
October: 44.82 ML, down 10 per cent
November: 42.83 ML, up 2 per cent
December: 50.71 ML, up 9 per cent
Total for 2015: 703.41 ML, down 2 per cent
Greenhouse gas emissions
CO2: 434.09 tonnes
CH4: 0.02 tonnes
N2O: 0.03 tonnes
tCO2e1: 442.39 tonnes
tCO2e1 from mobile (fleet and other mobile equipment) fuel combustion: 46.6 per cent
tCO2e1 from stationary (building, heating, generators) fuel combustion: 53.4 per cent